US 12,004,621 B2
Cargo carrying and holding device, expandable wall support, and method
James Wallace, Katy, TX (US)
Filed by James Wallace, Katy, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,252.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,167, filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157428 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A45C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 7/0022 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cargo carrying device configured to transform from a contracted orientation to an expanded orientation, the cargo carrying device comprising:
a first beam, a second beam, a third beam, and a fourth beam, each of the beams having a first end portion disposed at a first side of the cargo carrying device and a second end portion disposed at a second side of the cargo carrying device, wherein the first side is opposite the second side;
four first legs, each of the first legs having a first end in rotational cooperation with each of the first end portions of each of the beams;
a first center hub assembly in rotational cooperation with a second end of each of the first legs;
wherein upon the cargo carrying device being disposed in the expanded orientation, the first legs are disposed outwardly from each other and proximate the first side of the cargo carrying device;
wherein upon the cargo carrying device being disposed in the contracted orientation, the first legs are disposed substantially parallel with each other;
each of the beams being configured disposed to form longitudinally extending corners of the cargo carrying device, upon the cargo carrying device being disposed in the expanded orientation, and to form an outer case enclosing the first center hub assembly and the legs, upon the cargo carrying device being disposed in the contracted orientation; and
an outer cover configured to wrap about the beams and the legs and form a bottom wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, and a fourth sidewall, upon the cargo carrying device being disposed in the expanded orientation.